Treubia Explained

Treubia is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae.^[1] There are seven species,^[2] all of which are restricted to the southern hemisphere. Five of the species occur in Australasia^[3] and the other (Treubia scapanioides) occurs in Chile. All species are dioicous, with separate male and female gametophytes.

Classification

Species list:

• Treubia insignis K.I.Goebel
• Treubia lacunosa (Colenso) Prosk.
• Treubia lacunosoides T.Pfeiff., W.Frey et M.Stech
• Treubia pygmaea R.M.Schust.
• Treubia scapanioides R.M.Schust.
• Treubia tahitensis (Nadeaud) Goebel ex Besch.
• Treubia tasmanica R.M.Schust. et G.A.M.Scott

Notes and References

1. Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
2. Soderstrom . 2016 . World checklist of hornworts and liverworts . PhytoKeys . 59 . 1–826. 10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. etal . 26929706 . 4758082 . free .
3. Book: Schuster, Rudolf M. . 1992 . The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America . registration . Volume 5 . 332–333 . 0-914868-20-9 .